Parenting Resources

"A sower went out to sow...” Thus begins one of the most familiar parables from Jesus’ teaching. But how should parents and teachers apply the teaching of Matthew 13 as they parent and teach their children?

In this resource, three authors explore the following topics: preparing the hearts of children to hear the Gospel; discerning stages of spiritual growth; communicating the essential truths of the Gospel message; and presenting the Gospel in an accurate and child-friendly manner. Also provided in this booklet is the 10-week, family devotional, Ten Essential Gospel Truths, to help parents as they explain the Gospel to their children.

The Gospel is the most important truth one generation can communicate to the next, and God calls parents and teachers to be wise sowers. This calls for accurate, discerning, and intentional practices of cultivating, teaching, and praying in the hope that God, who gives the growth, will work in children’s hearts to yield hundredfold harvests of faith.

25 copies of the "Helping Children to Understand the Gospel" booklet

Life is a race. How you finish matters--it's the difference between heaven or hell. Have we given children the deep Biblical truths that will enable them to finish well? Pastor David Michael exhorts parents, children's workers, laypeople, and pastors to spread a vision of a great and glorious God to the next generation. There is "no greater joy" than to know children are walking in eternal salvation. Pastor Michael encourages us to prepare children to live for eternity in heaven, to nurture faith that treasures Jesus Christ. There are two messages on this album: For the Joy of the Next Generation, and No Greater Joy.

What kind of legacy do you want to leave for your children? Sally Michael encourages you to consider the spiritual inheritance you can give to the next generation through your faithful prayers and she equips you with a method for using Scripture to pray for your child in this 45-page booklet.

This newly revised instructional booklet and collection of blessing cards would be an appropriate gift for new parents and grandparents.

This resource has been prepared with the hope that pronounced blessings will become as common in the Christian home as they are at the end of many church services. As a father of two daughters and the pastor for Parenting and Children's Discipleship at Bethlehem Baptist Church, David Michael is convinced that pronouncing blessings upon our children is a powerful way to plead for God's grace upon them and to give them a vision for what we hope they will become.

Included in the booklet are 12 double-sided blessing cards for use in blessing your children. Each blessing in this collection is based upon a biblical text and flows from a father's heart for his daughters and a pastor's heart for the children in his church.

From his heart as a pastor and father, David Michael shares his vision in this 50-page booklet for churches to equip and oversee mentors as they lead their young people through baptismal preparation. In this model the church responsibly oversees the baptism ordinance without usurping the privilege of spiritual leadership that God has given to parents.

This 28-page booklet and accompanying CD with electronic forms for you to customize serve as a companion to the Mentor's Guide placing the process of baptism preparation into the framework of a church setting.